When I started recording the happiness of my team, I found it difficult to make this information transparent. I wanted to use it as a information radiator, so that everyone who looked at our Kanban or Scrum board could see…

Knowing how people think or feel about a certain subject can be very helpful in building trust, creating a team and to reveal impediments. Of course it can be very difficult to get team members to express their real opinions,…

Last friday I gave a Masterclass called ‘Lean Agile Architecting’ to architects. Very interesting masterclass and a couple of things struck me. The issue for architects in an Agile environment is their position and responsibility. The thing with the change from…

Recently I conducted a code review for one of our customers. They already are using A3 reports internally as problem solving and report tool. I really like A3, so I thought why not try if a code review fits in…

There has been a lot of talk about craftsmanship these days. I didn’t care much about the discussion whether we are craftsman or not. To me all that matters is what Uncle Bob says about it in one of his…